We know the brain changes after traumatic injury, and now we have maps from mice showing what that change looks like. A team of scientists has traced connections between nerve cells throughout the e… [+5962 chars]
As the effects of climate change continue to worsen, the need for efficient and more eco-friendly ways to produce energy is paramount. The energy production methods currently in place can negatively … [+5394 chars]
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The effect of temperature on the performance of the semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is an important research point. Amer Kotb and his colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine M… [+2486 chars]
In On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin famously contemplated a “tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds.” Those many plants would have coexisted in a network of complex relationship… [+4442 chars]
A team of researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology, in China, working with a colleague in the U.S., has developed a new kind of aerogel for use in flexible thermal insulation material applic… [+2624 chars]
Octopuses are brainy creatures with sophisticated smarts, and now scientists have uncovered a clue that may partly explain the cephalopods' remarkable intelligence: Its genes have a genetic quirk tha… [+3327 chars]
Its nice to have a feel-good story every once in a while, so heres one to hold off the existential dread: the Earth isnt likely to get flung off into deep space for at least 100,000 years. In fact, a… [+3602 chars]
ByNASAJuly 1, 2022 Hubble Space Telescope image shows part of the Tarantula Nebulas outskirts. This famously beautiful nebula, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud, is a frequent target for Hub… [+2481 chars]
An enormous comet that is twice the size of Mount Everest has entered the inner part of our solar system and is about to pass through Earth in July. Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), called K2 for short,… [+1912 chars]
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Our solar system is home to a number of strange, intriguing moons. Perhaps one of the most intriguing moons in the solar system is Saturns moon, Enceladus. Enceladus was discovered by the astronomer … [+4002 chars]
